From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishforswearfor‧swear /fɔːˈsweə $ fɔːrˈswer/ verb (past tense forswore /-ˈswɔː $ -ˈswɔːr/, past participle forsworn /-ˈswɔːn $ -ˈswɔːrn/) [transitive] formal ALto stop doing something or promise that you will stop doing something SYN renounce We are forswearing the use of chemical weapons for any reason.→ See Verb table
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forswear• Both sides agreed to forswear all acts of terrorism.• And it will force Nico to forswear any use of my statement to Molto.• It is currently fashionable to forswear flesh eating in the interests of animal rights or a lower cholesterol level.• But to do that he had to forswear his ... abilities.• It was the Biblical apple with which man was seduced to forswear his innocence in order to gain knowledge and sexuality.• Secondly, Hu suggests that the Fed should forswear intervening directly in equities or equity derivatives.• His refusal to forswear moonshine, however, mocked her with the most painful failure of all.Origin forswear Old English forswerian 